Registered Nurse at eHealth Systems Africa

eHealth Africa designs and implements data-driven solutions and technologies to improve health systems for and with local communities. eHA’s technology works in low connectivity settings, and smartly uses data to drive decision-making by local governments and partner agencies to get optimum results.

We leverage our staff and department expertise across five programmatic areas:

Health Delivery Systems

Public Health Emergency Management Systems

Disease Surveillance Systems

Laboratory & Diagnostic Systems

Nutrition & Food Security Systems

In each of these programmatic areas, we partner with governments, communities, nonprofits and other stakeholders to generate holistic solutions, because we believe that every community deserves access to the types of tools that can enable them to lead healthier lives.

Purpose of the positionThe Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect care for assigned patients in various nursing units and home visits per scheduled shift. The Registered Nurse is primarily responsible for professional performance and safe patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients across the healthcare continuum involving families. Duties include but are not limited to, managing patients with various medical cases.

What you’ll do

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned:

Knowledge and skills to stabilize trauma patients prior to transport to higher level of care.

Proficient in using a computer for patient care, documentation and communication.

Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Strong leadership skills that include the ability to build effective teams, ability to motivate others, delegate, and make timely/quality decisions.

Proficiency working within specialized software utilized in program.

Customer Service Requirements

Must have excellent customer service skills and communication skills

Must be able to plan and perform daily activities in an organized manner.

Must be kind, compassionate, dedicated and patient.

Must have the ability to handle different kinds of emotions as well as manage on the job stress.

Must be focused, very detailed and be creative in making decision.

Must be physically and mentally stable to handle extended shifts as well as mental pressure and traumatic events.

Must be able to review, analyze and respond to different situation they encounter daily.

Must be able to think critically in adapting to change, judging situations and taking appropriate decisions.

eHA Values:We believe strongly in our mission and our core values, and our teams are most successful when they do also.

IMPACT & QUALITY: We work on solving big problems. We believe in the power of technology to make a transformational difference in health systems, and we know that when we do high-quality work, we have the opportunity to change lives in the communities we impact.

INNOVATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING: We maintain a worldview driven by possibilities, not limitations. We build smart systems that will sustain beyond our tenures. We challenge prevailing assumptions, respect the urgency of the environments we operate in, and take smart risks to search for the best solution.

PASSION: We care intensely about what we do, and about whom we do it with. We inspire others with our tenacity and commitment to our communities and each other.

HONESTY: We are honest with our communities, our partners, our donors, and ourselves. We communicate with candor, respect, and humility. We are quick to admit our own mistakes, and work to correct them with openness & expediency.

GROWTH & LEARNING: We embrace curiosity. We pursue and promote continuous learning, share our skills and knowledge, and actively work to make ourselves and those around us better.

OWNERSHIP: We work to become part of the fabric of the communities in which we work. We value our seat at the table, and invest in the places we call home.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can become louder at times due to group discussions or activities. eHealth Africa is a tobacco-free environment.

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